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Table 393. Percent of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, and 1999

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                    |         |         |                 Postsecondary institutions
                    |Secondary|Secondary|__________________________________________________________
                    |schools, |schools, |18 to 21 years old| 22 to 25 years old| 26 to 29 years old
      Country       |16 years |17 years |__________________|___________________|___________________
                    | old,\1\ | old,\1\ |      |     |     |      |      |     |      |     |
                    |  1999   |  1999   | 1985 |1990 |1999 | 1985 | 1990 |1999 | 1985 |1990 | 1999
____________________|_________|_________|______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|______|_____|______
         1          |    2    |    3    |  4   |  5  |  6  |  7   |  8   |  9  |  10  | 11  |  12
____________________|_________|_________|______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|______|_____|______
Australia...........|    92.0 |    78.2 |  --- | --- |30.7 |  --- |  --- |15.0 |  --- | --- |  8.0
Austria ............|    91.9 |    75.9 |  --- | --- |15.1 |  --- |  --- |20.3 |  --- | --- | 11.8
Belgium\2\ .........|    95.0 |    92.7 | 24.5 | --- |41.7 |  7.2 |  --- |14.7 |  1.5 | --- |  3.0
Canada .............|    93.4 |    75.1 |  --- | --- |27.3 |  --- |  --- |17.9 |  --- | --- |  6.7
Czech Republic .....|    99.8 |    83.3 |  --- | --- |17.1 |  --- |  --- |11.5 |  --- | --- |  4.2
                    |         |         |      |     |     |      |      |     |      |     |
Denmark ............|    92.8 |    81.6 |  7.4 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 16.3 | 17.9 |26.6 |  8.2 | 9.3 | 14.8
Finland ............|    93.6 |    95.8 |  9.3 |13.6 |22.8 | 17.3 | 20.7 |35.1 |  7.9 |10.2 | 18.3
France .............|    95.3 |    88.8 | 19.3 |24.6 |35.4 | 10.0 | 11.8 |20.5 |  4.3 | 3.9 |  5.1
Germany\3\ .........|    96.7 |    91.7 |  8.8 | 8.5 |11.1 |  --- | 15.9 |18.7 |  8.9 |10.3 | 10.8
Greece..............|    92.3 |    65.5 |  --- | --- |54.1 |  --- |  --- | 7.2 |  --- | --- |  2.2
                    |         |         |      |     |     |      |      |     |      |     |
Hungary ............|    92.8 |    87.0 |  --- | --- |19.7 |  --- |  --- |13.7 |  --- | --- |  5.2
Iceland ............|    89.7 |    76.7 |  --- | --- | 7.3 |  --- |  --- |21.3 |  --- | --- |  9.2
Ireland ............|    91.5 |    72.0 |  --- |20.5 |32.7 |  --- |  --- |11.5 |  --- | --- |  2.9
Italy ..............|    78.7 |    73.3 |  --- | --- |22.1 |  --- |  --- |20.5 |  --- | --- |  7.0
Japan  .............|    95.1 |    93.6 |  --- | --- | --- |  --- |  --- | --- |  --- | --- |  ---
                    |         |         |      |     |     |      |      |     |      |     |
Korea, Republic of .|    97.7 |    92.9 |  --- | --- |51.4 |  --- |  --- |26.2 |  --- | --- |  5.8
Mexico..............|    43.0 |    32.0 |  --- | --- |12.4 |  --- |  --- | 7.6 |  --- | --- |  1.0
Netherlands ........|   107.3 |    91.0 | 14.4 |17.9 |26.3 | 11.9 | 13.4 |19.9 |  5.7 | 4.7 |  4.9
New Zealand ........|    89.4 |    71.3 |  --- |20.7 |29.2 |  --- | 14.8 |14.4 |  --- | --- |  7.6
Norway .............|    94.2 |    92.7 |  8.6 |13.5 |19.2 | 13.9 | 17.4 |28.0 |  6.2 | 7.5 | 11.7
                    |         |         |      |     |     |      |      |     |      |     |
Poland..............|    89.7 |    88.9 |  --- | --- |21.2 |  --- |  --- |20.5 |  --- | --- |  5.3
Portugal ...........|    82.7 |    80.3 |  5.9 | --- |24.7 |  5.4 |  --- |17.5 |  2.3 | --- |  6.5
Spain ..............|    85.4 |    74.7 | 15.0 |21.3 |32.1 | 10.7 | 13.5 |23.5 |  4.0 | 4.5 |  7.7
Sweden .............|    96.8 |    96.6 |  7.8 | 8.7 |15.7 | 11.3 | 11.4 |24.6 |  6.5 | 6.1 | 12.5
Switzerland ........|    90.5 |    84.1 |  5.7 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 12.1 |17.1 |  5.2 | 6.4 |  9.1
                    |         |         |      |     |     |      |      |     |      |     |
Turkey .............|    37.2 |    21.9 |  --- | 7.3 |13.6 |  --- |  4.3 | 9.0 |  --- | 2.2 |  4.5
United Kingdom .....|    84.5 |    71.1 | 15.0 |16.1 |29.3 |  7.4 | 10.6 |12.0 |  --- | --- |  6.4
United States\4\ ...|    88.5 |    81.0 | 33.2 |35.6 |35.9 | 14.6 | 17.3 |18.5 |  8.2 | 8.6 | 10.9
____________________|_________|_________|______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|______|_____|______

---Not available.
\1\Includes full-time and part-time enrollment.
\2\Data for Flemish Belgium only.
\3\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.
\4\Postsecondary includes higher education only.

NOTE: Some increases in enrollment rates may be due to more complete reporting by countries.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2001.)


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